Vietnam Travel News

In anticipation of the upcoming 1,000 Year Anniversary of Thang Long - Hanoi, the city opened its doors and welcomed international media to join in the celebrations.

An upmarket restaurant very James Bond 007 style combined with Pan Asian cuisine and Vietnamese produce is situated just on banks of the majestic Saigon River, Ho Chi Minh City.

Nghe An Museum collected and preserved 41 Dong Son bronze drums for decades.

An expert from the Italian Embassy in Vietnam said old, small houses are unique and of great cultural value.

Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City is to be expanded to have space for ten extra airplanes and Hanoi’s Noi Bai also has plans to add more parking space for aircraft to meet an explosive demand for air travel.

The low-cost airline Jetstar Pacific is offering 1,000 tickets on the HCM City-Hanoi-HCM City for 100,000 VND each on the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in conjunction with the Southwest Region Steering Committee and the Kien Giang Provincial People’s Committee, have held a conference, “Cooperation to Develop Tourist Products in the Mekong Delta Region”, in Rach Gia city.

More than 150 delegates representing Vietnamese expatriates in 11 provinces and cities in France gathered for a seminar in Paris on September 8 to propose initiatives aimed at developing Vietnam’s tourism sector.

Vietnam has a pleasant sea with 3,260km of coast and many world-renowned bays and beaches including Ha Long, Lang Co, Quy Nhon and Mui Ne, which together create ample opportunities for the development of maritime-based economy, particularly beach tourism.

The 3rd meeting of the Joint Working Commission between Viet Nam’s four border provinces and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, is assumed a good chance for the two sides to upgrade their cooperation, particularly in tourism sector.

The 1/500 plan on the Hau River Tourist Site has just been passed by the Can Tho People’s Committee.

Travel agents have resorted to taking domestic tourists on tours abroad after failing to get air tickets for inbound destinations, especially those on special discount offers.

An Giang Province has gone to some trouble to ensure a getaway opens doors to a different cultural experience

The unstable situation in the Philippines and Thailand have caught the headlines and scared off dozens of travelers.